Households who fear they could soon be living in a "noise ghetto" say they are angry over silence of London City Airport over its flight path plans.

As the consultation into directing all flights from the airport over parts of Wansted, Leytonstone, Leyton and Barking enters its sixth week, those who will be directly affected say they have still not been approached.

On September 4, airport bosses announced they were considering using RNAV in all planes – a precision navigation system and 12-week consultation was launched.

Under the proposed plans, most planes will fly the same route.

Currently flightpaths are much wider, with long and short haul flights taking different paths.

Campaign group HACAN East has accused London City Airport of failing to inform tens of thousands of residents in east London that they are in line to get many more planes overhead if changes are made.

Angus Dawson lives in Lawton Road, Leyton.

He said he is "astonished" by the lack of information and consultation, as most houses in the area are also under part of the Heathrow flight path.

He said: “Clearly planes need to fly somewhere but the arbitrary nature of this ‘consultation’ leaves a distinctly sour taste as those most affected are not even in a position to reply.

“It strikes me that the supposed consultation is nothing more than a token gesture that the airport must make legally, but that the change will become permanent.

“The point is not one of noise nimbyism – of course planes must go somewhere – but rather that why can’t the disturbance be shared amongst the community as happened before the consultation began?”

Michelle Burke of Vicarage Road said: “As this is a public health issue (noise pollution), this is a subject that needs an all community discussion, which will need to start with information giving in all the formats necessary.”

According to John Stewart, chairman of campaign group HACAN East the planes could create a "noise ghetto" in some areas.

This morning Councillor Clyde Loakes wrote to Declan Collier, City Airport chief executive to urged him to hold a public meeting.

The consultation ends on November 27.